Album · Released 19 June 2026
Rituals of Shame
Five songs in forty-five minutes. Warning clearly haven't returned to make anybody's commute more cheerful. Rituals of Shame is their first studio album in twenty years, and its slow guitars and exposed vocals make that long absence feel strangely irrelevant. Patrick Walker still has a very particular way of making a song hurt. The title track takes nearly thirteen minutes to set out the album's approach. The riffs move slowly, but they have a…
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Rituals of ShameOur album review · 19 June 2026
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